George Metkovich

Positions: Centerfielder and First Baseman

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-1, 185lb (185cm, 83kg)

Born: October 8, 1920 in Angels Camp, CA us

Died: May 17, 1995 in Costa Mesa, CA

Buried: El Toro Memorial Park, Lake Forest, CA

High School: Fremont HS (Los Angeles, CA)

Debut: July 16, 1943 (Age 22-281d, 9,486th in major league history)
vs. WSH 4 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 26, 1954 (Age 33-353d)
vs. STL 5 AB, 3 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1943 season

Full Name: George Michael Metkovich

Nicknames: Catfish

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

5.8

3585

934

.261

476

RBI

373

OBP

.322

SLG

.367

OPS

.689

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1952 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1952 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 15	PIT	@	STL	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	9	1	0	10	2	1B
2	2	Apr 16	PIT	@	STL	L,5-6	CG	0	8.0	12	1	0	13	1
3	3	Apr 17	PIT	@	STL	W,5-3	CG	0	9.0	9	1	0	10	2
4	4	Apr 18	PIT		CIN	W,3-0	CG	36	9.0	12	2	0	14	0	1B
5	5	Apr 19	PIT		CIN	L,3-9	GS	30	5.0	5	0	0	5	1	1B
6	6	Apr 20 (1)	PIT		CIN	L,6-8	CG	40	9.0	13	1	0	14	1	1B
7	7	Apr 20 (2)	PIT		CIN	L,2-12	GS	24	5.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
8	8	Apr 21	PIT		CHC	L,1-7	GS	32	6.0	2	0	0	2	1	1B
9	9	Apr 22	PIT		CHC	L,2-13	GS	0	6.0	7	0	0	7	0
10	10	Apr 25	PIT		STL	L,4-6	CG	41	9.0	9	0	0	9	3	1B
11	11	Apr 26	PIT	@	CIN	L,2-9	CG	39	8.0	14	0	0	14	1
12	12	Apr 27 (1)	PIT	@	CIN	L,2-8	CG	39	8.0	11	1	1	13	0	1B
13	15 (2)	Apr 30	PIT		BSN	W,11-5	CG	36	9.0	11	2	0	13	1	1B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
14	16	May 1	PIT		NYG	L,5-13	CG	48	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
15	17	May 2	PIT		NYG	L,3-5	CG	43	10.0	9	2	0	11	2
16	18	May 3	PIT		NYG	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	2
17	19	May 4	PIT		BRO	L,0-6	GS	26	6.0	5	0	0	5	1	1B
18	22 (2)	May 7	PIT		PHI	W,5-1	GS	0	6.0	0	0	0	0	0
19	23	May 10	PIT	@	CHC	L,1-3	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH CF
20	24	May 11 (1)	PIT	@	CHC	L,2-8	GF	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
21	25	May 11 (2)	PIT	@	CHC	W,11-2	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
22	26	May 13	PIT	@	BSN	L,1-3	CG	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
23	27	May 14	PIT	@	BSN	L,3-4	GS	41	9.2	3	0	0	3	0	RF CF
24	28	May 15	PIT	@	BRO	L,0-2	CG	32	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
25	29	May 16	PIT	@	BRO	L,4-6	CG	40	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
26	30	May 17	PIT	@	BRO	L,7-12	GS	29	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
27	31	May 19	PIT	@	NYG	L,0-4	CG	36	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
28	32	May 21	PIT	@	PHI	L,3-7	CG	34	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
29	34 (1)	May 23	PIT		CHC	W,6-5	GF	0	5.0	0	0	0	0	0
30	35	May 24	PIT		CHC	L,5-7	GF	19	4.0	3	1	0	4	0	1B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
31	44 (8)	Jun 1 (1)	PIT		PHI	L,1-5	GF	7	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	1B
32	45	Jun 1 (2)	PIT		PHI	W,2-1	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH 1B
33	46	Jun 3	PIT		BRO	L,4-6	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH 1B
34	48 (1)	Jun 5	PIT		BRO	L,0-2	CG	45	9.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
35	49	Jun 6	PIT		NYG	W,8-1	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
36	50	Jun 7	PIT		NYG	L,5-7	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
37	51	Jun 8	PIT		NYG	L,1-9	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
38	55 (3)	Jun 12	PIT		BSN	L,2-11	GF	35	6.0	7	0	0	7	2	PR 1B
39	57 (1)	Jun 15 (1)	PIT	@	PHI	W,6-0	CG	30	9.0	14	0	0	14	2	1B
40	58	Jun 15 (2)	PIT	@	PHI	L,3-6	CG	36	8.0	7	1	0	8	3	1B
41	60 (1)	Jun 17	PIT	@	NYG	W,6-2	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
42	61	Jun 18	PIT	@	NYG	L,2-5	CG	37	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
43	62	Jun 19	PIT	@	NYG	W,8-1	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
44	63	Jun 20	PIT	@	BRO	L,4-5	CG	36	8.2	4	0	0	4	0	CF
45	64	Jun 21	PIT	@	BRO	L,4-14	CG	47	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
46	65	Jun 23	PIT	@	BSN	L,3-9	CG	42	8.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
47	66	Jun 24	PIT	@	BSN	L,3-4	CG	38	8.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
48	67	Jun 25	PIT	@	BSN	L,2-5	CG	34	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
49	69 (1)	Jun 28	PIT		STL	L,3-4	GF	0	1.0	2	0	0	2	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
50	73 (3)	Jul 2 (1)	PIT	@	CHC	L,3-8	GF	15	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	CF
51	74	Jul 2 (2)	PIT	@	CHC	L,0-3	CG	34	7.0	3	0	0	3	0
52	75	Jul 3	PIT	@	CIN	L,1-5	CG	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
53	76	Jul 4 (1)	PIT	@	CIN	W,4-2	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
54	77	Jul 4 (2)	PIT	@	CIN	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
55	78	Jul 5	PIT	@	STL	L,0-5	CG	37	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	CF
56	79	Jul 6 (1)	PIT	@	STL	L,5-6	CG	39	8.1	4	0	0	4	0	CF
57	80	Jul 6 (2)	PIT	@	STL	L,4-6	CG	37	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
58	81	Jul 10	PIT		NYG	W,6-4	CG	51	12.0	4	0	0	4	0
59	82	Jul 11	PIT		NYG	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
60	83	Jul 12	PIT		BSN	L,2-5	CG	42	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
61	84	Jul 13 (1)	PIT		BSN	L,2-4	CG	40	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
62	85	Jul 13 (2)	PIT		BSN	L,1-2	CG	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
63	86	Jul 15	PIT		PHI	L,3-10	CG	44	9.0	12	0	0	12	0
64	87	Jul 16	PIT		PHI	L,7-8	CG	43	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
65	88	Jul 17 (1)	PIT		PHI	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	2	1B
66	89	Jul 17 (2)	PIT		PHI	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	1B
67	90	Jul 18	PIT		BRO	L,2-6	CG	43	9.0	10	0	2	12	1	1B
68	91	Jul 19	PIT		BRO	L,1-9	GS	27	6.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
69	94 (2)	Jul 22 (2)	PIT	@	PHI	L,1-8	CG	36	8.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
70	95	Jul 23	PIT	@	PHI	L,1-4	CG	37	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
71	96	Jul 25	PIT	@	BSN	W,3-2	GS	32	8.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
72	97	Jul 26	PIT	@	BSN	W,6-4	GS	37	8.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
73	98	Jul 27 (1)	PIT	@	BSN	L,2-5	GS	22	5.0	6	1	0	7	1	1B
74	99	Jul 27 (2)	PIT	@	BSN	T,3-3	CG	43	11.0	10	3	0	13	1	1B
75	100	Jul 29	PIT	@	BRO	W,7-1	GS	28	7.0	4	1	0	5	1	1B
76	101	Jul 30	PIT	@	BRO	L,3-4	GS	30	8.0	6	0	1	7	1	1B
77	102	Jul 31 (1)	PIT	@	BRO	L,6-7	GS	34	8.0	4	0	0	4	3	1B
78	103	Jul 31 (2)	PIT	@	BRO	L,1-4	CG	32	8.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
79	109 (5)	Aug 6 (1)	PIT		STL	L,2-7	GS	0	7.0	10	0	0	10	2
80	110	Aug 6 (2)	PIT		STL	L,2-3	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	1
81	111	Aug 8	PIT		CHC	W,1-0	CG	0	10.0	5	0	0	5	1
82	112	Aug 9	PIT		CHC	W,4-3	GS	29	7.0	7	0	0	7	0
83	113	Aug 10 (1)	PIT		CHC	L,5-9	GS	0	6.0	4	1	0	5	0
84	114	Aug 10 (2)	PIT		CHC	L,3-4	GS	0	7.0	8	0	1	9	0
85	119 (4)	Aug 17 (1)	PIT	@	CHC	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
86	120	Aug 17 (2)	PIT	@	CHC	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	14	2	0	16	0
87	121	Aug 18	PIT	@	CHC	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
88	122	Aug 19	PIT		PHI	L,5-10	GS	0	7.0	4	0	0	4	1
89	123	Aug 20	PIT		PHI	L,1-3	GF	11	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 1B
90	124	Aug 22 (1)	PIT		BRO	L,2-9	GS	41	8.0	9	0	0	9	3	1B
91	125	Aug 22 (2)	PIT		BRO	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
92	126	Aug 23	PIT		BRO	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	13	1	0	14	0	1B
93	127	Aug 24 (1)	PIT		BSN	W,4-3	GS	27	7.0	7	0	0	7	2	1B
94	129 (1)	Aug 26	PIT		NYG	L,7-14	GS	43	8.0	11	0	0	11	0
95	130	Aug 27	PIT		NYG	L,4-5	GS	38	8.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
96	131	Aug 28	PIT		NYG	L,7-14	GS	40	6.0	4	0	0	4	0
97	132	Aug 30	PIT		STL	L,2-12	CG	0	9.0	8	0	0	8	1
98	133	Aug 31	PIT		STL	W,4-2	GS	0	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
99	134	Sep 1 (1)	PIT		CHC	L,0-6	GS	30	8.0	2	0	0	2	2
100	135	Sep 1 (2)	PIT		CHC	W,5-4	GF	16	4.0	1	0	0	1	1
101	136	Sep 3	PIT	@	CIN	L,0-1	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	1
102	139 (2)	Sep 6	PIT	@	STL	L,4-7	GF	30	7.1	0	0	0	0	0	RF
103	141 (1)	Sep 9	PIT	@	NYG	L,6-11	CG	42	8.0	8	1	2	11	1	1B
104	149 (7)	Sep 16	PIT	@	BRO	L,2-4	CG	31	8.0	10	2	0	12	1	1B
105	150	Sep 17	PIT	@	BRO	W,4-1	GS	28	7.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
							106gm		777.0	592	34	7	633	59